Visas issued at Frankfurt in March 2024
U.S. Consulate General, Germany. The page of the post has the wait times of Frankfurt.
In March 2024, the post issued 4,483 nonimmigrant visas and 968 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 962,731 nonimmigrant visas in the same month.
The reports below contain preliminary data which are subject to change.
Therefore, beginning with FY 2020, individual monthly issuance reports should not be aggregated, as this will not provide an accurate issuance total for the fiscal year to date. Instead, refer to our annual Report of the Visa Office for final full Fiscal Year statistics.
The Department's words. Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Monthly Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance Statistics, Internet Archive copy of . Monthly tables through .
| Visas | Mar 2024 | Feb 2024 | Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 4,483 | 4,541 | 5,860 |
| Immigrant | 968 | 1,097 | 620 |
Nonimmigrant classes, March 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Mar 2024 | Share | Feb 2024 | Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,714 | 60.5% | 2,794 | 3,743 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 365 | 8.1% | 380 | 385 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 349 | 7.8% | 348 | 505 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 291 | 6.5% | 337 | 397 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 163 | 3.6% | 171 | 225 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 159 | 3.5% | 53 | 21 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 129 | 2.9% | 113 | 120 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 84 | 1.9% | 64 | 89 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 33 | 0.7% | 31 | 14 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 28 | 0.6% | 29 | 43 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 27 | 0.6% | 36 | 39 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 23 | 0.5% | 18 | 18 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 20 | 0.4% | 18 | 54 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 17 | 0.4% | 23 | 19 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 15 | 0.3% | 19 | 33 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 13 | 0.3% | 22 | 26 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 11 | 0.2% | 30 | 83 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 10 | 0.2% | 9 | 0 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 7 | 0.2% | 6 | 15 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 6 | 0.1% | 8 | 14 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 4 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 4 | 0.1% | 4 | 2 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | 6 |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 2 | 0% | 0 | 2 |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 2 | 0% | 8 | 0 |
| TN | NAFTA professional | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 1 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 1 | 0% | 7 | 1 |
Immigrant classes, March 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Mar 2024 | Share | Feb 2024 | Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 444 | 45.9% | 490 | 24 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 140 | 14.5% | 146 | 16 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 121 | 12.5% | 135 | 9 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 50 | 5.2% | 70 | 53 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 49 | 5.1% | 43 | 277 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 40 | 4.1% | 53 | 100 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 37 | 3.8% | 47 | 44 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 20 | 2.1% | 24 | 5 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 18 | 1.9% | 17 | 3 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 13 | 1.3% | 9 | 7 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 9 | 0.9% | 14 | 5 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 8 | 0.8% | 16 | 12 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 6 | 0.6% | 13 | 4 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 6 | 0.6% | 3 | 40 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 5 | 0.5% | 3 | 3 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 1 | 0.1% | 6 | 0 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 1 | 0.1% | 5 | 1 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of March 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 8 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Frankfurt lists every month. The page of March 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: -1%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, March 2024. Report an error.